: SRCV I 296, Crawford 372/1, Sydenham 745, RSC I Postumia 7 The Temple of Diana was an edifice in ancient Rome which, according to the early semi-legendary history of Rome, was built in the 6th century BC during the reign of the king Servius Tullius.
[1] Soon after the construction of the temple, a cow of remarkable beauty and size was born to the head of a Sabine family.
It was foretold by the augurs that sovereignty would come to the city whose citizen sacrificed the cow to Diana.
Once the Sabine had left the temple to go to the Tiber, the priest immediately sacrificed the cow, to the great satisfaction of Rome and its king.
A short street named the Via del Tempio di Diana commemorates the site of the temple today and part of its wall is located within one of the halls of the Apuleius Restaurant.